Jeremiah:35

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* The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah , saying , * Go unto the house of the Rechabites and speak with them and bring them into the house of the LORD into one of the chambers and give them wine to drink . * Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah , the son of Habaziniah , and his brethren , and all his sons , and the whole house of the Rechabites ; * and I brought them into the house of the LORD , into the chamber of the sons of Hanan , the son of Igdaliah , a man of God , which [was ] by the chamber of the princes , which [was ] above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum , the keeper of the vessels : * and I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine and cups , and I said unto them , Drink wine . * But they said , We will drink no wine : for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us , saying , Ye shall drink no wine , [neither ye ], nor your sons for ever : * neither shall ye build [a ] house , nor sow seed , nor plant [a ] vineyard , nor have [any ]: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents ; that ye may live many days in the land where ye [are ] strangers . * Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab our father , the son of Rechab , in all that he has charged us , to drink no wine all our days , we , our wives , our sons , nor our daughters ; * nor to build houses for us to dwell in : neither have we vineyard , nor field , nor seed : * But we have dwelt in tents and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us . * But it came to pass , nevertheless , when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land , that we said , Come , and let us go to Jerusalem [from ] before the army of the Chaldeans and [from ] before of the army of the Syrians : and so we remain in Jerusalem . * Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah , saying , * Thus hath the LORD of the hosts , the God of Israel said : Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem , Will ye never receive chastisement hearkening to my words ? said the LORD . * The word of Jonadab the son of Rechab , that he commanded his sons not to drink wine , was not moved ; for unto this day they drink none , but obey their father 's commandment : notwithstanding I have spoken unto you , rising early and speaking ; but ye did not hearken unto me . * I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets , rising up early and sending [them ], saying , Turn ye now every man from his evil way , and amend your doings , and do not go after other gods to serve them , and ye shall live in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers : but ye have not inclined your ear , nor hearkened unto me . * Certainly the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have not moved the commandment of their father , which he commanded them ; but this people has not hearkened unto me : * therefore thus hath the LORD God of the hosts , the God of Israel said ; Behold , I bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them : because I spoke unto them , but they did not hear ; and I called unto them , but they did not answer . * And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites , Thus hath the LORD of the hosts , God of Israel said ; Because ye listened to the commandment of Jonadab your father and kept all his commandments and have done according unto all that he has commanded you : * therefore thus hath the LORD of the hosts , God of Israel said ; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not lack a man to stand before me for ever .:

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